Stunning Portrait of Kleopatra

Triton XVIII, Lot: 792. Estimate $7500. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (28mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / BACIΛIC[CHC KΛEOΠA]TPAC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419–21; Noeske 380–2; BMC 4–5. EF, brick red-brown patina with sandy green around the edges, minor cleaning marks. Stunning portrait of Kleopatra.